Document: Sentence of Peter Hendricksen

[several lines lost] no [ ] neither of payment [ ] has and [ exceeded himself ] so far [ ] served only for about three months [ ] [ as ] a scoundrel ran away with pack and sack from his garrison [ of the hon. West India ] Company [ to ] New England, intending never to come [ back to ] his garrison or to the Company, which is a matter contrary to all political and military ordinances, for which he, as an example to others, deserves to be punished severely. Therefore, having heard the prisoner’s own confession and the fiscal’s claim, and having paid attention to whatever is relevant in the matter, the honorable lord director general and the stern council of war, after calling God’s Holy Name, performing justice in the name of the honorable high and mighty lords States General of the United Netherlands and the honorable lords directors of the Chartered West India Company, Chamber Amsterdam, condemned, as they hereby condemn him to be stripped of his arms in Fort Amsterdam, and then brought to the place where justice is usually performed, [ to have ] his hair shaved short, [ to have him ] flogged, and [ to have ] a hole cut in each ear with a glowing awl[i] in order to distinguish him from others if he should run away again. And in addition, [several lines lost]